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Water & Land Solutions is excited to announce the addition of Chris Tomsic as our Senior Project Engineer! He brings over 12 year of experience in the environmental restoration and mitigation industry. Welcome to the team Chris!

Water & Land Solutions is excited to announce the addition of Cara Conder as a Senior Project Manager! She brings 8 years of experience in the mitigation and ecological restoration industry. Welcome to the team Cara!

At Water & Land Solutions we are starting off 2019 with a NEW OFFICE SPACE!!

7721 Six Forks Rd.

Suite 130

Raleigh, NC 27615

At the beginning of the month Water & Land Solutions had its annual Christmas Party! It was a celebration of the past year and the holidays. We had a great time with friends and family and a white elephant gift exchange!

We hope you and your families have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Yesterday we had our annual Thanksgiving Feast! Shout out to Fiquet & Adam for hosting and cooking up some yummy ribs! WLS is thankful for all the amazing people we get to meet and work with in this industry! We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving surrounded by friends and family.

Yesterday, some of our team members were lucky enough to enjoy the lovely fall weather in Pilot Mountain! Pebble counts and sediment samples are always better when the weather is perfect! This site is extra fun to work at because we always get an animal field crew that tags along!

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Our field staff found these projectile points within inches of each other on a gravel bar within a stream. The larger lanceolate spear point is likely a "Guilford flat base" point from the Middle Archaic Period (5200-6000 years ago). The smaller is broken near the top so a tougher ID. It appears to be a type of stemmed or notched projectile from the Early to Middle Archaic Period, so these were potentially made hundreds to thousands of years apart from each other. Both pieces are made of rhyolite from the Carolina Slate Belt region.

While in the field today at the Pen Dell Site in Johnston County, NC we found a Green Treefrog. The little guy decided to hitch a ride on our GPS tablet.

Fun Fact: "Herpetologists have found that this species and other treefrogs will occupy plastic PVC pipes that are placed around wetlands. This method has been used to monitor populations of treefrogs in North Carolina." Click here to learn more fun facts about Green Treefrogs!

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In between rains this week, we were fortunate to see this native shrub in peak bloom! Bearing a fragrance of vanilla when flowering, this showy native shrub can be found attracting hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies in swamps and dry sandy woodlands throughout much of eastern North America and as far west as Texas. Also known as Poorman’s soap, the flowers create suds when crushed with water, and have been used as a soap supplement. In the fall, the fruits resemble a spike of peppercorns, hence the name pepperbush. Go native and consider using this shrub in your landscape! It even flowers well in shade!

WLS has been awarded two new projects through the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Mitigation Services as part of their Full-Delivery program. Hornpipe Branch Tributaries Mitigation Project and Banner Branch Mitigation Project. We are very excited to get the opportunity to restore these stream and wetland systems!

This week some of our WLS staff had the opportunity to conduct an endangered species survey for the White irisette. The survey was completed in Polk County, NC. This perennial herb lives on mid-elevation slopes in dry to moderate moisture oak hickory forests. They like partial sunlight and grow from 10 to 16 inches tall. Good news! Many of the previously documented areas of occurrence were located! The White irisette is threatened by human disturbances, with residential development and road development being the biggest disturbances.

A bonus of the trip was getting to observe beautiful views from the top of White Oak Mountain!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (May 1, 2018) – Water & Land Solutions, LLC (WLS) CEO & Co-Founder, Adam V. McIntyre, will moderate a comparative Workshop on day two of the National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference (NMEBC) being held in Louisville, KY on May 7 – May 11, 2018. Later in the week, Adam will also participate in an expert Panel Discussion under the “10 Years of the Rule” Session 4 moniker. Adam will specifically focus on “Comparing Intent of Rule to Implementation” during the panel discussions, which will also include representatives from state and federal regulatory agencies as well as industry scientists from across the U.S. The Workshop, “The PRM vs. ILF vs. Mitigation Banking”, will compare the various types of mitigation program options available across multiple USACE Districts and the pros and cons within each individual district. This Panel will feature some of the industry’s most influential and knowledgeable practitioners. “The PRM vs. ILF vs. Mitigation Banking” Workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 8th at 4:30pm, while the “10 Years of the Rule” Panel will be held on Thursday, May 10th at 8:30am.

Established in 1997, NMEBC is the first and only of its kind to bring members of the environmental community together to advance and protect the environment in a financially sustainable way. Private investment and public/private alliances are leading the way towards improving the environment and streamlining permit approvals for important infrastructure projects. This conference is a “must attend” for those involved in this industry, drawing attendees who are key decision makers and leaders from business, government (local, state and federal), nonprofits, and universities — further broken down by regulators, users/buyers of credits, bankers, investors, suppliers, attorneys, engineers, real estate developers, planners, consultants, landowners and interested observers. “Carlene is one of the most well-known and well-respected leaders of the Mitigation Industry” said Adam, of Carlene Bahler the President of JT&A which produces the NMEBC annual conference. Adam goes on to say that, “She [Carlene] and her conference have been a major catalyst for the improvements and sweeping changes we have seen in our industry over the past two decades. It’s an absolute honor to present at her [JT&A] conference, especially about something I am so passionate about. Given the political changes in our country the past few years, this opportunity provides the chance to really dig in and see how policy, process and change have shaped our industry”.

About WLS:Water & Land Solutions (WLS) is a hybrid mitigation solutions and ecosystem restoration firm that incorporates expertise in compensatory mitigation, market analysis, environmental consulting, land management, and regulatory permitting. Our mitigation banking experience and specialized expertise ensures that investors and stakeholders will maximize credit yields and profits while complying with current environmental regulations. At WLS, our philosophy and guiding principles seek to maximize the financial and ecological value for each project. We employ the latest advancements in natural sciences, engineering, and construction practices to implement successful restoration projects.

To learn more about WLS visit: http://www.waterlandsolutions.com/

About NMEBC:Credentialed media are welcome at NMEBC and should email info@mitigationbankingconference.com for access to the conference.

To learn more about NMEBC visit: https://mitigationbankingconference.com/

Local Start-Up Environmental Firm Again Recognized as Industry Leader and Innovator Selected to Present at Longest Running Industry Conference of Environmental Professionals in Texas

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (February 27, 2018) – For over a quarter century, CLE International has worked to keep industry professionals abreast of current wetland issues throughout the state of Texas, by hosting the annual Texas Wetlands Conference. Each year, CLE has selected and worked with the industries’ top experts to present on a wide variety of wetland related topics from the bottomland hardwoods in Eastern Texas to the playa lakes in Western Texas. Adam V. McIntyre, CEO & Co-Founder of Water & Land Solutions (WLS), a small North Carolina based Environmental Firm, were among the twelve (12) industry experts chosen to speak at this year’s 28th Annual Texas Wetlands Conference being held in Austin, Texas from March 5 - 6, 2018. Pamela Fetterman, Founder & Principal Scientist of ecoGenesis, LLC, will be co-presenting with Adam. Adam and Pam have been working on the establishment of two (2) large wetland and stream mitigation banks, in the Houston area, over the past 3 years.

Adam and Pam’s presentation, “HGM Models & Other Functional Assessment Methods”, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 1:30 pm (ET) at the 28th Annual Texas Wetlands Conference, being held at the Omni Hotel at Southpark in Austin, Texas March 5-6, 2018.

About CLE International:CLE International has been a provider of continuing professional education programs throughout the United States and Canada since 1983. Its seminars, which focus on the cutting edge of emerging legal issues of vital importance to attorneys and their clients, real estate professionals, accountants, consultants and government agencies, have received wide acclaim from bench and bar for the high quality of its faculty (all of whom are recognized experts in their fields of specialty) and its efficient organization of detailed and useful information. CLE International is accredited by the bar associations of the many states where its programs are presented.

Each seminar is chaired by a carefully selected expert in the topic area presented. The presentations are richly supplemented with written materials, including the very latest in pending or passed legislation affecting practitioners or clients active in the topic area; graphics and charts; recent case law and regulations; and insights into enforcement priorities of involved regulatory agencies.

About WLS:Water & Land Solutions (WLS) is a hybrid mitigation solutions and ecosystem restoration firm that incorporates expertise in compensatory mitigation, market analysis, environmental consulting, land management, and regulatory permitting. Our mitigation banking experience and specialized expertise ensures that investors and stakeholders will maximize credit yields and profits while complying with current environmental regulations. At WLS, our philosophy and guiding principles seek to maximize the financial and ecological value for each project. We employ the latest advancements in natural sciences, engineering, and construction practices to implement successful restoration projects.

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (February 23, 2018) – Water & Land Solutions, LLC (WLS), today announced the hiring of Christopher M. Sheats as its’ Natural Resources Department Manager, Chris is an aquatic biologist and wetland scientist within the Environmental Industry, bringing over fifteen (15) years of field and project management experience to the WLS Family. “As Manager of our newly formed Natural Resources Department, Chris will be responsible for building our Natural Resources Department and furthering our mission to improve environmental systems throughout the Southeast US”, said Adam V. McIntyre, CEO & Co-Founder of WLS. “We are ecstatic to have Chris join the WLS family. I’ve worked with and have been good friends with Chris for over 14 years. He brings the ideal combination of outstanding technical skills and the ethical and moral traits that we desire in our team members”.

Chris spent the last 13 years as a Wetland Scientist & Aquatic Biologist for Three Oaks Engineering and The Catena Group, where he honed his expertise in aquatic species surveys, wetland delineations, the development of NRTR’s, GIS, graphics mapping, EIS’s and EA’s, while working with all facets of state and federal municipalities and agencies. Chris received his B.S in Botany, from NC State University and has an extensive background in leading natural resource investigations throughout all ecoregions of the Southeast, including jurisdictional wetland and stream delineations, wetland and stream mitigation and monitoring, threatened and endangered species surveys, natural systems assessments, benthic macroinvertebrate sampling, stream classifications, stream mitigation construction over-site and natural community classification.

About WLS:

Water & Land Solutions (WLS) is a hybrid mitigation solutions and ecosystem restoration firm with expertise in compensatory mitigation, market research, environmental consulting, land resource planning, and regulatory permitting. Our specialized experience in mitigation banking and design ensures that investors and stakeholders will maximize credit yields and profits while minimizing risk and complying with current environmental regulations. At WLS, our business philosophy and guiding principles seek to improve the ecological value and financial performance for each project. We integrate the latest advancements and applied research in natural sciences, water resource engineering, and construction practices to implement meaningful and sustainable projects.